Articles by: "Michael Chi"
Cyber wrap

Provocative quotes from the Emir of Qatar that recently appeared on a Qatar government website have been attributed to a Russian cyber attack. The comments, which expressed support for Iran, Hamas, Hezbollah and the Muslim …

Cyber wrap

China’s new cybersecurity law enters into force this week, less than a month after the implementation of additional measures for security reviews of critical network products and services. (See here for some background on the …

Cyber wrap

This week one of the largest ransomware incidents to date, ‘WannaCrypt’ or ‘WannaCry’, affected the operations of at least 300,000 machines worldwide, encrypting and locking victims out until a Bitcoin ransom equivalent to US$300 was …

Cyber wrap

The US Department of Justice has charged four Russians—two intelligence officers and two private hackers—with over 47 counts of computer crime, fraud and identity theft, for their role in the compromise of over one billion …

Cyber wrap

The Australian government has kept the cyber ball rolling this week, with the launch of the Joint Cyber Security Centre in Brisbane, the first of five slated capital city hubs worth $47 million in across …

Big Data: the devil’s in the detail

As the government’s review of the Australian Intelligence Community (AIC) picks up steam, one of the key challenges is to identify and resolve growing gaps in the AIC’s technological capabilities. One such capability is the …

Cyber wrap

Russia’s been ruffling feathers across Europe again this week, with Ukraine accusing the Russian government of using a new virus to target its critical infrastructure as part of Russia’s ongoing cyber sabotage campaign against the …